Blacking-brush



(No Model.)

W. R. DEER.

BLAGKING BRUSH.

Patented June 7, 1892.

" ATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAH R. DEER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BLACKING-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,449, dated June '7,1892. Application filed September 6, 1890- Serial No. 364,194. Nomodel.)

To all whom it Wuoy concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. DEER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Hacking-Brushes; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainstomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to brushes, and especially to blacking-brushes, andhas for its object to strengthen, lighten, and generally I improve them.

With this object in view my invention consists in the improvedconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, and afterward specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of ablacking-brush embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a View in sideelevation of a dauber-brush embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a similarview of a dauber having a metal backing for the bristles Fig. 4, asection through the head of the dauber shown in Fig.2. Fig. 5 is anisometric view of a dauberhead frame having two retaining-prongs, andFig. 6 is a similar view of a dauber-head frame with a single prong.

Like letters of refer ence mark thesame parts wherever they occur in thevarious figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A is the wooden handle of ablacking-brush of a well-known form, and B is the wooden body thereof, abeing the bristles of the dauber and b the bristles of the main brush orpolisher.

O is a frame, of any suitable material, preferably of cast metal, inwhich the bristles of the polisher are secured, and D asomewhatsimilarly-constructed frame to receive the bristles of thedauber.

In Figs. 2 and 3 I have shown daubers separate from the polishers, whilein Fig. 1 the dauber and polisher are secured together in a singlecomplete structure. The metal bristle-retaining frame D of the dauberconsists of a number of rings, (preferably five,) as at cl (Z, &c.,joined together in a single casting. A central space e between them isopen at its outer end, but closed by the wall f at its inner end, excepta small perforation orhole through said wall to receive the screw g,which secures the frame to the wood.

The frame 0 for the polisher consists, also, of a number of similarrings, as at c c, &c., joined together in a single body, as speciallyshown in Fig. 1, flanges h being provided at proper intervals forsecuring the frame to the wood back by means of screws, nails, or tacks11.

The rings of the polisher and dauber are of the same constructionindividually, being thicker at their outer ends than at their innerends, so that the spaces inclosed are tapering, being largest at theirinner ends, the bunches of bristles being held from pulling outward bymeans of a tapering plug it, driven into the bunch of each ring from theinside, the bristles and plug being properly secured by cement and. theinner end of the bristles being cut off flush with the inside of theframe.

The frame 0 of the polisher, having been furnished with bristles, isplaced upon the body by the screws, nails, or tacks i, and securelyheld, as shown, all backward strain being removed from the bunches ofbristles by their hearing against the body, which tends to force themalways into the tapering rings a.

In the dauber the bunches of bristles are socured in the same way andthe frame and bristles fastened to the body by means of the centralscrew. The wood E of the separate daubers (shown in Fig. 2) being ofthefull width of the metal frame D, forms a backing..

for the bristles in the manner described for the polisher, but the woodAof the handle to which the bristle-frame of the dauber is fastened (inFig. 1) being of less width than the metal frame, a sheetmetal backing mis used to serve the purpose of the wood backing in the otherstructures. A similar metal backing is used in the dauber shown in Fig.3. There being only a single screw to hold the dauberframe, there is atendency to turn and loosen the frame in use. This is obviated by meansof the retaining-prongs n and 0, there beinga single one ortwo, asdesired, for either construction, although for the construction shown inFig. 1 two are preferred, they straddling the wood A of the handle,while one is preferred for the structure shown in Fig. 2, the singleprong entering a hole in the Wood. The one prong might, however, be usedin the structure shown in Fig. 1 in the saineinanner, and the two prongswould serve in the separate dauber.

p 1) in Fig. 2 are flanges for embracing the wood of the dauber tofurther secure the structure and to protect the corner of the wood, andthey are extensions of the upper portions of the rings of thebristle-frame. Such flanges might be used, if desired,on thebristle-fran1e of the polisher for the same purpose.

Blacking-brushes made in accordance with my invention are light, strong,neat in appearance, durable, and cheap, and are believed to be a greatimprovement over anything of the kind now in use.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

1. A cast-metal bristle-frame for brushes, consisting of a group oftapered rings in a single piece, having a central separating-openingclosed on one side by a perforated plate, through which the centralfastening-screw may be passed, as set forth.

2. A cast-metal bristle-frame consisting of a group of tapered ringscast together, provided with a central opening through which tointroduce the fastening-screw, and prongs to engage the wood of thebrush to prevent turning and loosening, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in 5 presence of twoWitnesses.

WILLIAM R. DERR. Vitnesses:

JNo. T. MADDoX, CHAS. C. STIEFF.

